The Convolvulaceae TEN - Part of the World Flora Online Initiative
The Convolvulaceae TEN - Part of the World Flora Online Initiative
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We are proud to announce that Convolvulaceae has been officially accepted as a Taxonomic Expert Network (TEN) under the World Flora Online (WFO) initiative.
As a TEN, our role is to:
Curate and maintain all accepted taxonomic names within the Convolvulaceae family.
Ensure these names reflect the most up-to-date, peer-reviewed research.
Provide ongoing updates as new data and revisions become available.
This recognition marks a major step in consolidating Convolvulaceae taxonomy at the global level. We aim to contribute to a more accurate and stable classification system through transparent collaboration among experts.
Fig: Picture taken during one of the TEN meetings.
What is a TEN?
What is a TEN?
A Taxonomic Expert Network is a collaborative group of taxonomists who focus on a specific plant group. Each TEN contributes to the World Flora Online by:
Reviewing and validating taxonomic information.
Reaching consensus on species classification through collaborative research.
Ensuring data accuracy for the global flora resource.
The WFO supports Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, aiming to provide an open-access, web-based Flora of all known plant species. With already over 1.6 million names and counting.
The Convolvulaceae TEN
The Convolvulaceae TEN
The Convolvulaceae TEN functions as a collaborative and decentralized network of taxonomists with expertise across different geographic regions and clades within the family, focussed on the Convolvulaceae plant family.
Currently, it consists of 16 specialists representing 11 countries of affiliation across four continents: Europe, Africa, Asia and America.
The people behind the Convolvulaceae TEN
The people behind the Convolvulaceae TEN
Ana Rita Simões
Africa & Madagascar Department, Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri, United States of America
Lauren Eserman
Conservation and Research Department, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, GA 30309
Guilherme Huerta-Ramos
ENES-Morelia, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Maria Teresa Buril
Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, PE, Brazil
Juliana C. J. Barbosa
Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Biology, Berlin, Germany
Marie G. Declercq
Systematic and Evolutionary Botany Lab, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Rosângela Bianchini
Institute of Botany, São Paulo, Brazil
André Moreira
University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Benjamin Williams
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez
Department of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Pantamith Rattanakrajang
Pantamith Rattanakrajang
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom
Peter Atta-Adjei Junior
Centre for Plant Medicine Research, Ghana
Fernanda Petrongari
Institute of Botany, São Paulo, Brazil
César Paixão
Institute of Environmental Research (IPA), Brazil
Samuel Paul Kagame
Department of Botany, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
Vinod Shimpale
The New College, Kolhapur, India
Rick Miller
Flower Diversity Institute
Arvada, Colorado, USA
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